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'IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.' PROVERBS 3:6
One of the most important questions you must ask yourself is, 'What am I supposed to prepare for?' You don't want to be like the Miss America contestant who recently told a late-night TV talk show host, 'My goal is to bring world peace - and get my own apartment.'
Ask God what you're supposed to do and keep asking until you get clear instructions as to your next step (or for that matter, your first step!).Check this out: 'In all your ways acknowledge [consult, listen and submit to] him, and he shall direct your paths.' What ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says.
The humbling truth is, whatever you're good at someone will end up being better, records will be broken, reputations will fade and tributes will be forgotten. In college Dr James Dobson's goal was to become the school's tennis champion. He felt very proud when his trophy was prominently placed in a display cabinet. Years later someone sent him a parcel, it contained the trophy; they'd found it in the rubbish bin when the school was being refurbished. Dobson says, 'Given enough time, all your trophies will be trashed by someone else.' You weren't put here to be remembered, you were put here to do God's will and to prepare for eternity. If you're wise you'll keep that in mind!
written by Bob Gass
'IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.' PROVERBS 3:6
One of the most important questions you must ask yourself is, 'What am I supposed to prepare for?' You don't want to be like the Miss America contestant who recently told a late-night TV talk show host, 'My goal is to bring world peace - and get my own apartment.'
Ask God what you're supposed to do and keep asking until you get clear instructions as to your next step (or for that matter, your first step!).Check this out: 'In all your ways acknowledge [consult, listen and submit to] him, and he shall direct your paths.' What ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says.
The humbling truth is, whatever you're good at someone will end up being better, records will be broken, reputations will fade and tributes will be forgotten. In college Dr James Dobson's goal was to become the school's tennis champion. He felt very proud when his trophy was prominently placed in a display cabinet. Years later someone sent him a parcel, it contained the trophy; they'd found it in the rubbish bin when the school was being refurbished. Dobson says, 'Given enough time, all your trophies will be trashed by someone else.' You weren't put here to be remembered, you were put here to do God's will and to prepare for eternity. If you're wise you'll keep that in mind!
written by Bob Gass
